I have been fascinated by nature and it’s natural fairy-tale quality since childhood. My work draws from the richness of nature’s forms to create impossible worlds full of plant and animal hybrids, new species of insects and birds. I am inspired by my own dreams as well as surrealistic literature – fairy-tales from my childhood and fantasy books from writers such as Calvino, Lem, Borghes, Ballard. I love to travel and always choose wild places far away from civilization, where I can fully immerse myself in nature. The second lead in my travels is strange and fantastic places – victorian gardens with their glass houses, old palaces or abandoned amusement parks. I collect memories from my journeys, experiences, moods and dreams, from which I construct the language of my illustrations. I love to bring a bit of fantasy and color into everyday life that is why I enjoy designing applied art.
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 – Illustrations, KAREA Gemstone Space, Warsaw
2018 – Illustrations and pop-ups, Landmark North, Hong Kong
2017 – Illustrations from the series New Botany, Na Lato, Warsaw
2015 – Objects and Illustrations from the series New Botany, Szczecin Philharmonic, Szczecin
2015 – Mika i Mchy, Pies czy Suka, Warsaw
2014 – Lotos o tysiącu płatkach i inne opowieści z krainy kwiatów, BUW, Warsaw
2014 – Dream within a dream, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2012 – New Botany, Flying Gallery, Warsaw
Group Exhibitions:
2020 – Borderlands – Book Arts Exhibition, National Library of Iceland, Reykjavik
2020 – Słownik Współczesnych Łodzianizmów, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Łódź
2020 – Waiting for the wind, Solvay Center for Contemporary Art, Krakow
2017 – Common Room, Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin and Hamamatsu Children’s Center, Hamamatsu, Japan
2016 – Warschau ist Feminin, Neukollner Leuchtturm Berlin and Altes Pfandhaus Gallery, Cologne
2016 – Inspiracje 2016 Oksydan, 13 muz Gallery, Szczecin
2015 – The Creative Process Summer Exhibition, Fljotstunga, Iceland
2015 – Streetwaves Festival, Gdansk
2015 – Inside Out. Polish Graphic Design in the Making, Wanted Design, New York
2014 – Natural Recall, Serra Dei Giardini, Venice
2014 – I Never Read Art Book Fair, Volkshaus Basel, Basel
2014 – Salon letni, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2013 – Painters of Illustration, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
2013 – 13th Illustrative Festival, Direktorenhaus, Berlin
2012 – Ilustracja PL, Soho Factory, Warsaw
2010 – Ornament, Flying Gallery, Warsaw
Awards and Residencies:
2013 – Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2014 – Fljotstunga Artistic Residency, Iceland
Education:
1998 – 2003 Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland, MA degree
2002 – HDK, School of Design and Crafts, Goteborg, Sweden, Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship